Empty Heads
I see them in the gym
almost every day
and I can’t help but listen
young women
chattering and chittering about nothing
music, boys, fashion
tv, clubbing, other girls,
boys
I think to myself
“how boring
how little they have in their lives”
their little empty heads
but their heads are not cluttered
with the things of adulthood
money, work, family,
responsibility, life, death,
money
how lovely
to be that free
to have a head full of nothing
soon enough
their heads will be full of worry
love, hate
and things of this world
that are so utterly useless
Copyright 2025 by Jose Antonio Ponce